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President Roosevelt asks Acting Chief of the Bureau of Navigation Pillsbury to consider what the U.S. Navy should do if the Asiatic squadron needs to “bottle up” the Vladivostok squadron. Roosevelt does not expect trouble from Russia but wants to be prepared for an emergency.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-29
Secretary of War Taft sends President Roosevelt an account of the San Francisco earthquake and General Frederick Funston’s handling of the crisis. Taft states that he does not know of any objections to publishing the account, which was written by George M. Dunn, the Judge-Advocate of the Department of California.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-06
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of War Taft to pass along his thanks to the United States Army on behalf of the nation. Roosevelt compliments the Army’s swift actions during the recent earthquakes and fires in San Francisco. He also states that the Army was instrumental in responding to the Mississippi River floods, the Galveston hurricane, and the crisis in Alaska, and that the best men compose its ranks.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-28